With the authorities continuing to probe various aspects of the infamous Mustafa Amir’s alleged murder, the arrest of prime suspect Armaghan Qureshi along with Sahir Hasan, son of renowned actor Sajid Hasan, has disrupted the operation of the drug cartel in Karachi’s upmarket neighbourhoods, The News reported on Tuesday.
The case relates to Mustafa’s, a BBA student, alleged kidnapping and murder after going missing on January 6. The whole saga unfolded after Armaghan opened fire at a team of the Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) — a specialised unit of the Karachi police responsible for tackling cases related to murder and extortion — during a raid at his residence in Karachi’s DHA on February 8.
With possible facets of money laundering, fraud and illegal call centre, the investigation so far also unravelled the presence of alleged drug trafficking in the said case.
The resulting crackdown has caused a halt in the supply of marijuana — commonly known as weed — causing massive financial losses to drug dealers.
Amir’s murder and the subsequent arrests have exposed multiple aspects of a drug cartel that had been operating in the city for years.
